Anna Acosta on December 9th, 2013

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Incoming: Alt 98.7 Rooftop Party, Holychild, Lissie, Freedy Johnston, Jay Z, Emilie Autumn, Brian Posehn, Brand New, Tapioca & the Flea, the Head and the Heart, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Climbers, the Silent Comedy, Samantha Pearl, the Olms, the Maine, the Mowgli’s, Merle Haggard, Banks, Basia Bulat, Realities, the Visitors, Ari Hest, Third Eye Blind, High on Fire, Mushroomhead, The Dismemberment Plan, Toh Kay, the Janks, the Royal Concept, The Watkins Family, Yukon Gold, Dishwalla, Montgomery Gentry, Jagwar Ma, Paul Kalkbrenner, Dawes, Joe Bonamassa, French Horn Rebellion, the Weirdos, Olin and the Moon, Smallpools, Kanye West, El Ten Eleven, Deap Valley, Cate Le Bon, Joyce Manor, Mirror Talk, Tall Tales & the Silver Lining, the Absolute, Unwritten, Don McLean, Stone Temple Pilots, The Peach Kings, Minks, A Total Disruption, Amanda Palmer, Dunes, Jeff Tweedy

Above: That’s Lissie‘s video for “Sleepwalking.” She plays Monday at the Fonda and Thursday in the Constellation Room (at the Observatory) in support of her latest album “Back to Forever.”

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: The Christmas Sweater Festival, a benefit show started by L.A. indie-rockers the Deadly Syndrome seven years ago, returns after a hiatus. Wear your ugliest, most outlandish sweater to the Bootleg on Saturday night to catch a diverse lieup of bands including Deap Vally, Western Lows, Boardwalk, Heaven and Crash. Proceeds go to the Pablove Foundation. Be there … with bells on?

@Seraphina_L recommends: Australian duo Jagwar Ma finally returns to L.A. after their debut back in October. They’ll be playing all the jams off of their very excellent debut “Howlin'” on Friday at El Rey Theatre. Fascinator opens.

After the jump, the week’s shows:

Monday, Dec. 9

Alt 98.7 Rooftop Christmas Party at the W Hotel, with the National, Silversun Pickups, AWOLNATION, Alt-J, the Airborne Toxic Event, MS MR and J Roddy Walston & the Business.
Jay Z at the Staples Center
Holychild, Linus Young, Johnny Stimson and Alec Benjamin at Bardot
Lissie and Kopecky Family Band at the Fonda Theatre
Freedy Johnston and Dick Prall at Genghis Cohen
Froth, Black Sea, Drinking Flowers, Cosmonauts and Mariana Timony at the Bootleg Bar
Radiorelics at the Silverlake Lounge
VUM, Lo-Fang, Globelamp and Galaxy Electric at the Echo
The Wild Reeds, Alto and the Diamond Light at the Satellite
The Sunset Drifters at Los Globos
Owenstone at Los Globos
Parallax Beach, Intimatchine, TV Crime Lords and Beru at pehrspace
Sarah Neufeld, Among Savages, Rayland Baxter and Jason Joseph & the Spectacular at the Hotel Café
The Dean Clark Band, Kerry Hart, CRSB and Marie Stoudt at the Mint
Emilie Autumn at the Troubadour
Zappa Plays Zappa at the Roxy Theatre
Brian Posehn, Ron Funches, Brendan Small and Patton Oswalt at the Largo at the Coronet
May McDonough, Wax Children and Deep Fields at the Detroit Bar
Brand New at the Observatory
Tapioca & the Flea and Lovelife at the Constellation Room
Kate Pazakis and Michael Leon-Wooley at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Kenny Burrell at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Tuesday, Dec. 10

The Head and the Heart at the Wiltern
The Blind Boys of Alabama at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Abigails, L.A. Witch, White Dove and Chris Ziegler at the Bootleg Bar
Diana and Eclipses for Eyes at the Silverlake Lounge
Hobart W Fink, Cobalt Cranes, Missing Teen and Vision at the Echo
Ocha La Rocha, Cal King, the Far West and Andrew Sheppard & the Galavants at the Satellite
Shane Alexander, Bruno Major, Erick Macek, Steven Fiore and Tuomo Prattala & Markus Nordenstreng at the Hotel Café
Climbers, Them Jeans, Thee Cool Cats and Bones at Dim Mak
The Quick & Easy Boys, the Maybe Somedays and Joe Con at the Mint
The Silent Comedy, Starsystem and Jamestown Revival at the Troubadour
Fates Warning at the Whisky a Go Go
Domenica at the Viper Room
Samantha Pearl at the HOB Foundation Room
Scilla, Eulalia, Ship of the Rising Sun, Bryan Guardado and Abby Hankins at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Rebel Empire, Whirling Dervish and Sheila Govindarajan at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Goldboot, Asleep at the Gate, Shoos Off and Bur Gur at the Detroit Bar
Brand New at the Observatory
The Olms at the Constellation Room
Joie Chaynler at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar

Wednesday, Dec. 11

The Maine, Anberlin, Lydia and From Indian Lakes at the Fonda Theatre
The Mowgli’s, Hunter Hunted and Blondfire at the El Rey Theatre
Merle Haggard at the Saban Theatre
Banks at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
Basia Bulat and Haunted Summer at the Bootleg Bar
Blake Perlman, Professor Possessor and Val Fleury at the Silverlake Lounge
Realities, Leopold & His Fiction, Matt Kivel and Cristina Black at the Satellite
Zebra Katz, Chippy Nonstop and Brrrang-a-Dang at Los Globos
The Visitors, Ertel, Local Channel and Fleurs at El Cid
Ari Hest, Danni Rosner, Kim DiVine and Alexandra Eden at the Hotel Café
The Greyboy Allstars at the Mint
The Lone Bellow and Ivan & Alyosha at the Troubadour
Colby O’Donis, Danielle Taylor, No Babies No Bullets and Jill & Kate at the Roxy Theatre
Decoded, Mystik, Only on Tuesdays and Death of a Star at the Viper Room
Third Eye Blind at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Midnight Coal Company, Stephanie Kay, Ship of the Rising Sun and Girl Fry at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
The Watkins Family Christmas Show at the Largo at the Coronet
Pompous Highmen at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Head for the Hills, Rum Runners and Shaky Feelin’ at Saint Rocke
The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar
Chris Standring and Kathrin Shorr at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
George Kahn Quartet at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Thursday, Dec. 12

High on Fire [pictured], Kvelertak and Windhand at the El Rey Theatre
Mushroomhead, One Eyed Doll, UnSaid Fate and Ionia at Club Nokia
The Dismemberment Plan and Telekinesis at the Fonda Theatre
Toh Kay at the Bootleg Theater
Leggy Peggy at the Silverlake Lounge
The Pedrito Martinez Group and Changui Majadero at the Echo
Sympathetic Frequencies, Clara-Nova and James Alan at the Satellite
Jamie Jackson (Hot As Sun) and Jordan Morris at the Kennedy Administration at Echoes Under Sunset
Crazy P Soundsystem at Los Globos
The Alarm Science, Will & the Wonts and Swarming Orchids at Lot 1
Brennen Leigh & Noel McKay and Dan Janisch at El Cid
Aoife O’Donovan, Patrick Park, David & Devine, the Smoky Knights and Local Rhythm at the Hotel Café
The Janks and Black Belt Karate at Harvard & Stone
The Greyboy Allstars at the Mint
The Lone Bellow and Ivan & Alyosha at the Troubadour
Jake E. Lee’s Red Dragon Cartel at the Whisky a Go Go
The Royal Concept, American Authors and Misterwives at the Roxy Theatre
The Burning of Rome, the Eerees, Robert Jon & the Wreck and Figs Vision at the Viper Room
Stone Stanley, We Stand Apart, the Lost Astronauts and Nomad & Lola at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Spacecream and Wooly Bandits at Loaded Hollywood
Farmer Dave & the Hot Pacific Band at the Del Monte SpeakeasyErik DiNardo at WitZend
Yukon Gold, Elijah Ford and Traitors at the Detroit Bar
Aloud, Rudy de Anda, Bearwulf and Nina Kazerouni at Alex’s Bar
Lissie at the Constellation Room
Third Eye Blind and TEAM at the House of Blues Anaheim
Dishwalla, Spider & the Ant and Orange Blossom Special at the Coach House
Robin Zander at the Canyon
Sound Remedy at the Yost Theater
Tony Bennett and Antonia Bennett at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Montgomery Gentry, the Charlie Daniels Band and Amie Mangola at the Honda Center
A Charlie Brown Christmas with David Benoit at the Fred Kavli Theatre
Kathleen Grace, Josh Nelson and Tim Young at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Mike Stern Quartet at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Friday, Dec. 13

Jagwar Ma and Fascinator at the El Rey Theatre
Paul Kalkbrenner at the Fonda Theatre
Dawes at the Wiltern
Joe Bonamassa at the Dolby Theatre
French Horn Rebellion, Carousel and Shy Girls at the Bootleg Bar
Holy Theater, American Cream, Third Vision and Their Wedding at the Silverlake Lounge
Lee Ranaldo & the Dust, Bill Orcutt and Jacob Felix Heule at the Echo
The Weirdos, the Middle Class, Audacity and Corners at the Echoplex
Olin & the Moon, Rainbow Jackson, Sadie & the Blue Eyed Devils and Fairbanks at the Satellite
Cinderella Motel and the Vigils at Loaded Hollywood
Theo Parrish, Wolf+Lamb, Felix Dickinson and Mudd at Los Globos
GRMLN, Bodegas and Girl Tears at the Smell
Golden Gloves at Lot 1
Fuzz, Endless Bummer and Doses at El Cid
Light FM and Omniflux at pehrspace
Pacific Coast High and Tina Vonna at Trip
Shane Alexander, Among Savages, Broken Anchor, Cary Brothers, Javier Dunn, Joel Eckels, Ernie Halter, Jim & Sam, Knifeyhead, Erin McLaughlin, My Name is You, Jake Newton, Kathryn Ostenberg, the Roof Beam Carpenters, Sami the Great, Keaton Simons, Garrison Starr, Nina Storey and Sweet Talk Radio at the Hotel Café (Hohotel 10 Night One)
Black Crystal Wolf Kids, Burly Temple, Becky Kramer’s Brother and Up the Heat at the Mint
Smallpools and Parade of Lights at the Troubadour
Smile Empty Soul at the Whisky a Go Go
Street Drum Corps, the Raskins, Skinmask, Opus Dai, In White Noise and Gutter Noise at the Roxy Theatre
Jeff Campbell at the Viper Room
Dishwalla, Taylor McCluskey & the MFICs and Chanel West Coast at the Viper Room (Late Show)
Sub Focus at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Jordan Ruiz, Zephyris, Angel Travis, Anson Li and Joylissa at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
House of Vibe at WitZend
The Iguanas at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Jett Pink at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
C.C. Valentine, This Time With Feeling and XOXO at the Detroit Bar
Death By Stereo, the Howlers and Henchmen at Alex’s Bar
The Story So Far, Stick To Your Guns, Such Gold Rotting Out and Heart to Heart at the Observatory
The Mowgli’s, Blondfire and Hunter Hunted at the Constellation Room
Dave Widow at the House of Blues Anaheim
The Robin Zander Band and Jackpot Club at the Coach House
Moonshine Bandits at the Industry Theater
Kanye West at the Honda Center

Saturday, Dec. 14

El Ten Eleven and Slow Magic at the El Rey Theatre
Deap Vally, Western Lows, Boardwalk, Heaven and Crash at the Christmas Sweater Festival at the Bootleg Theater
Joyce Manor, Paint It Black, Hesitation Wounds and Here Between You Me at the Echoplex
Cate Le Bon and Kevin Morby at the Bootleg Bar
The Blank Tapes, Tashaki Miyaki and Levitation Room at the Echo
Jones Street Station & the Girls and Kong at the Satellite
Mirror Talk, White Blush and Mvscles at Los Globos
In Tents, Ghost Noise, Coup Pigeons and Stefan Nelson at the Smell
Tall Tales & the Silver Lining, Joel Jerome & Babies on Acid, Jeff Grimes & the Alternate Universe and Remambran at pehrspace
The Absolute, All Spots to Black, Natalie Angiuli, Coby Brown, Buddy, Holly Conlan, Distant Cousins, Clark Graham, Cathy Heller, the Honey Trees, Hotel Cinema, Meiko, the Mots Nouveaux, Jay Nash, Oak & Gorski, Haroula Rose, Danni Rosner, Charley Turner and Young Romans at the Hotel Café (Hohotel 10 Night Two)
California Honeydrops and T Sisters at the Mint
We Are the Strike at the Lyric Theatre
Allegaeon, Silence the Messenger, the Group Glare and Art of Shock at the Roxy Theatre
Paul & Oates, the Flaming Boys and Bombon at the Roxy: On the Rox
Jonny & Elvis, Knee High Fox, Vayden and the Lonely Drunks Club Band at the Viper Room
Judith Owen, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, Steve Lukather, Dannielle DeAndrea, Alfie Boe, Dona Oxford, Van Dyke Parks and Weird Al Yankovic at the Largo at the Coronet
Guns in the Sun at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Aoife O’Donovan and Patrick Park at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Unwritten Law, Harmful if Swallowed and Lose Control at Saint Rocke
Night Riots and the Gallery at the Detroit Bar
Sinner Sinners, Mrs. Magician, Spencer Moody and GRMLN at Alex’s Bar
The Adolescents and 7 Seconds at the Observatory
Chanel West Coast at the Constellation Room
Don Mclean, Jay Nixon and Tara Porter at the Coach House
Stone Temple Pilots, Chester Bennington, KoRn and Sick Puppies at the Citizens Business Bank Arena (Merry Meltdown 2)

Sunday, Dec. 15

The Peach Kings, Wake Up Lucid, Davis Fetter and Lily Kershaw at the Bootleg Bar
Minks, Catwalk and Drab Majesty at the Echo
A Total Disruption, Amanda Palmer, Ondi Timoner, Shepard Fairey and Alexis Ohanian at the Echoplex
Federation X, Tweakbird, Last Days of Ancient Sunlight and the Golden Rulers at the Satellite
Dunes, Naomi Punk, Roses and 51D at the Smell
Night Riots, Lyrica Anderson, David Jicha, Gabby Sol and Ladyfingers at the Roxy Theatre
HITM, the Ivory, Eye of Ember, Blue Coraline and Hot Karate at the Viper Room
Jake Miller at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Jeff Tweedy at the Largo at the Coronet
Mister G at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (AM Show)
McCabe’s Umpteenth Annual Holiday Show at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Robin Zander Band and Parlee at Saint Rocke
Trivium, DevilDriver, After the Burial and Thy Will Be Done at the Observatory
Unwritten Law, City by Storm and Trevi at the Coach House

Photo by Travis Shinn